 It moved to France in November that year, being the first squadron equipped with the Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8.At first the squadron had little success with its R.E.8s, suffering many spinning accidents, and these losses affected morale so much that in January 1917 the squadron swapped its R.E.8s for the Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2s of 34 Squadron.It re-equipped again with R.E.8s in May, flying in support of the allied offensives at Ypres that summer.